Clark v. Coats & Clark, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
865 F.2d 1237 · 1989
Citation profile
39 federal appellate · 6 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 91 later decisions — most recently November 2014 · most notably Early v. Bankers Life & Casualty Co. (1992), Clark v. Coats & Clark, Inc. (1993)
39 federal appellate · 6 district · 4 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 1140 (§ 510 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1144 (§ 514 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 626 (§ 7 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) · 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866)
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Griggs v. Duke Power Co. · Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. · Pilot Life Insurance v. Dedeaux · Wilson v. Garcia
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 91 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]e find that the interpretation of section 626 (defendant) (1) advanced by these regulations is in harmony with the congressional objectives in enacting the statute. The basic purpose of the filing requirement of section 626 (defendant) (1) “is to provide the [then] Department [of Labor, now the EEOC] with sufficient information so that it may notify prospective defendants and to provide the [EEOC] with an opportunity to eliminate the alleged unlawful practices through informal methods of conciliation.” H.R.Conf.Rep. No. 950, 95th Cong., 2d Sess., reprinted in [1978] U.S.Code Cong. & Admin.News 504, 528, 534. Specifically, Congress intended “that the ‘charge’ requirement will be satisfied by the filing of a written statement which identifies the potential defendant and generally describes the action believed to be discriminatory.” Id.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[Statements and conduct which are concurrent or closely related, in time only, may be the focus of a [sic] both an action addressing a federally regulated concern as well as a state action for intentional infliction of emotional distress without impermissably intruding upon the broad reach of the federal regulatory scheme ... The only connection between Clark’s tort claim and ERISA is that the conduct arose in a factual setting which overlapped that of Clark’s ERISA claim. That is why the court took pendent jurisdiction over his claim. The mere existence of a common operative nucleus of facts giving rise to pendent jurisdiction, as here, is insufficient to render the tort claim “related” to the ERISA claim [for purposes of preemption].”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“certain other information, including the full name, address, and telephone number of the charging party, full name and address of the employer, a clear and concise statement of the alleged unlawful discrimination including pertinent dates, and the approximate number of employees. See 29 C.F.R. § 1226.8(a)(1)-(5). Even if a charge does not contain the suggested information, however, the EEOC considers the charge sufficient when the EEOC receives from the charging party”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.